This superpower is unreliable.

Chapter 78 Something is fishy

Before I could even ask more questions, the old man just blurted out everything he knew, as if he had a rare listener willing to talk to him, and he told me everything he knew.

"This old Gao has only moved here a few months ago, but he's a very nice person. I heard that he used to work for a large company. I don't know why he retired early, and he didn't tell us the reason. But he said that his company gave him a large pension."

Huang Chiyao remained silent. It seemed that Gordon had moved away after the news broke. And the fact that he had such a good relationship with his neighbors in such a short period of time meant that at least on the surface, he was not affected by the incident.

Xu Keke followed the old man's lead.

"Oh~ Then he has so much pension, so he should be able to enjoy his old age happily, right?"

The old man shook his head helplessly.

"His son, I'm not saying anything bad, he's a complete loser. He lost a lot of money gambling and owed a lot of debts. It was not until someone came to collect the debt that Lao Gao found out about it. Those debt collectors were so fierce. If I hadn't told them that I had called the police, they would not have left."

Xu Keke echoed: "This is too terrible. What should we do next?"

"I haven't seen anyone come to my door since then. I guess it's been resolved." The old man paused, "However, a few days ago someone came to see Lao Gao, but Lao Gao was not there at the time. The man knocked on my door and handed me a big envelope, asking me to give it to Lao Gao as soon as he came back."

"A big envelope? What is it from? Is that person here to collect debts?"

"Oh, I didn't dare to open it. After all, it was someone else's stuff. The man was tall and thin, about 40 years old, and very gentle. It was obvious that he was not a debt collector. I handed the envelope to Lao Gao when he and his wife came back in the evening. But that day was very strange. I heard them arguing in the middle of the night. It was so loud! But they only quarreled for about half an hour and then quieted down. I didn't dare to ask. After all, this is someone else's family affair, right?"

Xu Keke nodded and glanced at Huang Chiyao, then continued the old man's words in a neither light nor heavy tone, "Yes, an old couple may quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. They should have made up the next day, right?"

"I don't know about that. Anyway, I heard them leave one after another, and then I never saw Lao Gao again. I didn't expect... that he would be gone."

Huang Chiyao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Uncle, have you told the police about these things?"

She had a hunch that the man and the big envelope were the key.

Although Huang Chiyao's question was abrupt, the old man answered her patiently.

"I heard from Mr. Li next door that the police came to question me last night. I happened to stay at my son's place yesterday and only heard the news when I came back this morning."

Huang Chiyao was about to ask more, but Xu Keke interrupted her, "Uncle, is there anything we can help you with? Hey, your flowers seem to be a little wilted, let me go and help you water them."

"Oh, I didn't water the plants all day yesterday, and I forgot to water them today too."

Xu Keke took Huang Chiyao to help the old man deal with some trivial matters in life, and then left.

"Why don't you keep asking?"

Huang Chiyao was puzzled. She had already asked some strange questions, but Xu Keke didn't let her ask any more.

Xu Keke tapped her forehead.

"You, don't be impulsive. We are just volunteers who came to visit the elderly today. We are not detectives, let alone the police."

"But……"

"What's more, we have already found the clue, haven't we?" Xu Keke took out a bottle of water from somewhere, raised his head a few centimeters above his mouth, and poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth, then handed it to Huang Chiyao.

"Next, I'm going to do some detective stuff."

"What do you want to do?" Huang Chiyao imitated Xu Keke and poured a few mouthfuls of water into his mouth.

"Steal the surveillance."

“Puff—cough cough cough!!”

Xu Keke finally left Huang Chiyao sitting alone in the community garden, and no one knew where he went to "do some things that only a detective would do."

While Xu Keke was away, Huang Chiyao patted his chest to catch his breath from the water he had just choked on, and searched the internet for Gordon's social media account, only to find that his latest post had been blocked. Judging from the date, it was probably the online suicide note Xu Keke had mentioned.

But someone made the news popular, and Huang Chiyao still found the suicide note in the corners of other people's posts or comments that had not yet been blocked.

There were only a few simple words in the suicide note.

"I have done wrong things in Wensu Group and have been punished long ago. I am exhausted physically and mentally. If these punishments are not enough, I will now sacrifice my life to atone for my sins. I hope that General Manager Wen Guzhi will not pursue the faults of my family. Gordon's last words."

This suicide note was printed out, photographed and posted online. There was a red handprint next to the word "last words".

Huang Chiyao opened Gordon's handwritten suicide note that Xu Ke had taken from the police station and compared it with the online suicide note. He found that a few words had been added or subtracted from the handwritten suicide note:

"I have done many things wrong. I have already been punished and am exhausted physically and mentally. If these punishments are not enough, I am willing to sacrifice my life to atone for my sins. I hope that Premier Wen will not pursue the faults of my family members."

At first glance, the content seems to be similar, but the meanings are very different.

First of all, in terms of time, one is to sacrifice his life now, while the other just says that he is willing to sacrifice his life. Even with this small difference, the mentality seems to be different.

Secondly, the online suicide note is highly directional towards Wensu Group and Wen Guzhi, and it looks like an accusation.

The accusation of Wen Guzhi's aggressiveness led Gordon to choose to end his life.

Why on earth would he go to the trouble of writing two suicide notes?

Maybe she should ask the question differently.

Are these two suicide notes real?

Huang Chiyao had been running around for a whole day and had not had a good rest since the birthday party. He sat down now and watched the sunset in the distance being gradually suppressed by the night and covered by it. The last trace of color in the sky disappeared, leaving only the endless darkness and the seemingly peaceful lights of thousands of homes under the darkness.

She was in the middle of it, and she felt that the scene before her was bizarre.

I don’t know what is true and what is false.

Or in other words, when something that is false appears to be true to everyone, is it still false?

The night wind gradually rose. It was the Cold Dew season and the temperature in Yueyang was still relatively hot. However, Huang Chiyao felt that the wind was so cold that it penetrated his heart.

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